2003 Ontario Canada Fly In Fishing Reports
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Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 9/17-9/25/03
Group Name: Cline
Guest Comments: Weather, Rain & Cold (no bugs)...Fishing good, most fish holding near deep water, caught plenty. Walleyes caught on most points & islands, 15-25 feet deep. Northern scattered, not too active. Largest northern 38 inch, largest walleye 22 inch. Great walleye lake, nice cabin (esp. for a large group)
Lake: Wright
Dates: 9/14-9/21/03
Group Name: Johnson
Guest Comments: Walleye fishing slow. Northern fishing fair to good. Bad weather 9/17, 9/18, 9/19, & 9/20. All minnows died.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 9/17-9/21/03
Group Name: Janesch
Guest Comments: Fishing was good, weather could have been better. Some big northerns & small mouth, afew lakers.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 9/13-9/17/03
Group Name: Meier
Guest Comments: Excellent fishing, great location, well kept clean cabin.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 9/13-9/17/03
Group Name: Snortum
Guest Comments: Very good overall operation as usual!! Great fishing. Good well kept outpost.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 9/13-9/17/03
Group Name: Nermoe
Guest Comments: Fishing was great. Walleyes most everywhere. Bigger fish at north end and on east river mouth. Great northern fishing as well. Largest walleye 24 1/4 inch, largest northern 43 inch. Several walleye over 21 inch and 2 northern at 39 inch. Great trip.
Lake: Drive In Bear hunt
Dates: 8/29-9/6/03
Group Name: Holmstrom
Guest Comments: Matt killed a 60 inch bear. Mike killed a 62 inch bear. Jeff killed a 58 inch bear. Saw a total of 13 bears during the hunt.
Lake: Drive In Bear Hunt
Dates: 8/15-8/22/03
Group Name: James
Guest Comments: Marion killed a 300# bear with in the first 2 hours of his hunt. Dale took alittle more time but did end up taking a 150# bear.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 9/13-9/17/03
Group Name: Shuey
Guest Comments: Great small mouth as always. 15-20 feet deep around rock reefs while jigging. Didnt fish northerns but still caught some on jigs.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 9/7-9/13/03
Group Name: Shuey
Guest Comments: Excellent walleye, 20 feet deep on rock point, jigging. Several northern, caught 1 37 1/2 inches. Saw a woodland caribou and a moose
Lake: Wright
Dates: 9/7-9/14/03
Group Name: Rose
Guest Comments: Plenty of walleyes but fished mostly pike (1-42", 1-39", lots of 34-37" class) Great cabin, great planes. 4th trip with L & M. Best outfitter we have booked with. Look forward to next trip.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 9/8-9/13/03
Group Name: Serwitz
Guest Comments: Nice cabin, good walleye fishing on the north end of lake and in the rivers. Also caught some nice northerns. Beautiful area, saw bald eagles and other animals.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 9/7-9/13/03
Group Name: Brautigan
Guest Comments: Fishing was fantastic, caught about 250 walleye & 100 pike some over 30 inches. Recommend live bait. The cabin & boats were great L & M is by far the best outfitter our family has used in the 4 years we have been doing these fishing trips. As far as we are concerned, L & M is the only one we will use from now on.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 9/7-9/13/03
Group Name: Knipfer
Guest Comments: A great time was had, we caught many smallies 14-16 inch range. We came to fish pike but the smallies hot anything we threw. We caught a lot of pike but no lunkers. We even did some fly fishing. A smallie on fly rod had is great fun. It was nice to get up every morning to a hot shower. Dogfly is certainly a smallie lakeand that is what we would come back for. Fish of note: 29, 30, 32, 36 inch pike/ 16, 17, 18 inch smallies
Lake: Meggesi
Dates: 9/6-9/12/03
Group Name: Bill
Guest Comments: Caught 9 muskie, no real big ones. Saw some big ones follow but couldnt get any hooks in them.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 9/7-9/11/03
Group Name: Tallakson
Guest Comments: Fishing good. Any time any place.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 9/2-9/8/03
Group Name: Greg & Rhonda Grimes
Guest Comments: Fishing at Fishtrap & Highrock was a wonderful experience one will never forget. Fishing was excellent, caught over 100 fish, pike tp 34 inch. Good sized walleye, and lots of bass. Plane ride was excellent. Larry & Shane were great!
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 9/5-9/8/03
Group Name: McQuaker
Guest Comments: Good fishing for walleyes on all the rocky/windy points. Caught some good sized walleye at the north end of the lake. Caught northerns while fishing for walleye. Everything at the cabin worked well. Will be back.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 9/3-9/7/03
Group Name: Mason
Guest Comments: This is the first time we've done a fly-in. L & M operations were great. Good cabin & the boats & motors worked great. Fishing was great. Lots of northern pike & good walleye on deep lures! So much water, so many fish, so little time!
Lake: Wright
Dates: 9/2-9/7/03
Group Name: Eads
Guest Comments: Our 5th trip with L & M & ounce again it was a great trip. Good walleye, great northern. Largest northern 38 inch. Many in the 34-36 inch range.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 9/4-9/7/03
Group Name: Gravley
Guest Comments: Day one, Sept. 4, fished 4-5 hours, rain, misty, fishing was avg to good. Day two, Sept. 5, fished 7 1/2 hours, windy, excellent fishing (14-22 inch walleye). Day three, Sept. 6, fished 7-8 hours, very still, avg day, caught 10-24 inch northerns. Day four, Sept. 7, didnt fish. Excellent fishing & facilities.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 9/1-9/7/03
Group Name: Halfman
Guest Comments: Great accomidations, Scenery great, saw a moose. Fishing was good. Caught lots of nice walleyes and small northerns.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 8/31-9/5/03
Group Name: White
Guest Comments: Slow on the end. Good walleye fishing on the north end in deeper holes. Chartruse deep runners worked best.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 8/31-9/3/03
Group Name: Tiffany
Guest Comments: Excellent! Hundreds of walleyes-some small northerns. Another great trip.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 8/30-9/3/03
Group Name: Horton
Guest Comments: Great trip. Lots of fish each time out. Wonderful cabin & very good equipment.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 8/29-9/3/03
Group Name: Graham
Guest Comments: Lakers 6-10# running shallow @ 15-30 feet deep. Small mouth up to 4# (many over 2#). Large northern up to 14#. Best fishing ever.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 8/30-9/2/03
Group Name: Rhudy
Guest Comments: Great trip, fishing was slow but good. About 30 each bass & pike (Mike) I had a Great time!!! Planning another trip! Thanks for everything. (Cindy)
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 8/24-8/31/03
Group Name: Patrongio
Guest Comments: Good fishing-walleye 1-2 pounds with afew approaching 3 pounds. Largest ones just under 5 pounds, and 1 just under 6 pounds. Around islands, rocks, & up the river, whevever there was structure. Cabin facilities fantastic. It was a week of comfort.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 8/26-8/31/03
Group Name: Bailey
Guest Comments: Caught a few big big (38", 36 1/2", & 34 1/2"), & sevaral little ones. Also caught alot of walleye. Had a very good time. The accomodations were very nice.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 8/23-8/30/03
Group Name: Flowers
Guest Comments: Fishing slow due to cold front & heavy rains during mid week. Good fishing earily in trip & last part of trip. Good trip overall. Will be back again next year.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 8/25-8/30/03
Group Name: Kammeyer
Guest Comments: Small mouth fishing good, nice sized smallies. Northerns spotty mostly small, acouple of 30" class pike.
Lake: Meggesi
Dates: 8/23-8/30/03
Group Name: Bill
Guest Comments: Seen muskie every day, caught 3, biggest being 45". Northern very active.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 8/22-8/29/03
Group Name: Hoferle
Guest Comments: Best pike lake yet, walleye not as plentiful but adequate.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 8/21-8/24/03
Group Name: Kull
Guest Comments: WOW (walleye on walleye)!! This lake treats us so well that we now feel like walleye catching machines. The fishing was unbelievable, accomadations were nice, and the company was fantastic.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 8/18-8/23/03
Group Name: Sopotnick
Guest Comments: Small mouth & pike on Fishtrap. A great time, we'll be back & visit with the moose (saw a big bull & a cow). Many northerns on the short portage lake. Chartreuse tubes worked the best, great trip!
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 8/18-8/23/03
Group Name: JKW
Guest Comments: Beautiful lake, great area, peaceful with fabulous fishing, continuous action. Very aggressive pike. Walleye in abundance. Top notch fish frys. Fatastic time had by all. Accommodations were very nice. Weather was perfect. Have to come back!!!
Lake: Austin
Dates: 8/17-8/22/03
Group Name: Rechenburg
Guest Comments: The fishing was great!! Constant action for walleye. The northerns were 30" class, fishing was done mainly by trolling. Casting was harder to catch fish. We did not do any jig fishing at all.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 8/17-8/22/03
Group Name: Bonnema
Guest Comments: Walleye fishing great. The peace & quiet, this is the place to be.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 8/16-8/21/03
Group Name: Moeller
Guest Comments: Awesome fishing trip. Ran out of leeches & nightcrawlers but still caught walleye on corn! 8 year old caught 7 1/2 pound jackfish & he caught walleye jiggin, bobber fishin, lindy riggin, trolling plugs, & spoons. Beautiful weather. Spacious cabin-well equipped. Saw bald eagles & a swimming moose!
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 8/15-8/19/03
Group Name: Worre
Guest Comments: Very little pike action, biggest 33". Lots & Lots of walleye, avg size 20", & everyone caught a 5#+++, largest being 6 1/2#. Awesome northern lights, and that Swedish bikini water skiing team/fishing team that dropped in on Sunday was awesome (Thanks Larry).
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 8/13-8/18/03
Group Name: Smith
Guest Comments: Lots of great fishing. Troll to catch bigger pike.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 8/13-8/17/03
Group Name: Marion
Guest Comments: Hot weather, fished Wright, Kaminskag, & Strout lakes. Fishing on Strout was awesome, so many walleyes our arms got tired. Caught a 41" & 38" pike. Low waters but still able to make portages. Caught both walleye & northerns on spoons, rapalas, jigs, with or with out bait. Great time.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 8/10-8/16/03
Group Name: Olds
Guest Comments: Alot of fish being caught. Caught alot of fish on live baits, but did just as well on pink & white grubs. Walleye & pike both biting great. Caught pike on red spinner baits & grubs also. Big catches were 31" pike & 20" walleye.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 8/9-8/16/03
Group Name: Stith
Guest Comments: Best week of fishing ever! Walleye & some northern biting on night crawlers, trolled or drifted behind a spinner. Orange & chartreuse were the best colors. Windward sides of points & rockpiles were the best spots. 1000+ fish for 4 men in 7 days, with walleye up to about 22" & northern up to 33"
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 8/9-8/16/03
Group Name: Hardy
Guest Comments: Hot weather, poor fishing. Some muskie (biggest being caught 44"), few northerns (down deep), and 2 lake trout
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 8/11-8/15/03
Group Name: Baldwin
Guest Comments: Fair fishing, caught mostly small walleye & northerns.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 8/8-8/15/03
Group Name: Huseman
Guest Comments: Cabin & equipment was good. Fishing was gooD & up to expendations. The Adams family was helpful & I felt they would do whatever they could to make our trip a success.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 8/9-8/15/03
Group Name: Thomas
Guest Comments: 6th trip with L & M and first time for one of the members. Fishing was real good 1st 2 days, high winds after that, but plenty of fish to eat. Very dependable boats & motors. Few bugs, stayed at Off lake cabins night before. Very nice & got an earily start.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 8/9-8/14/03
Group Name: Snyder
Guest Comments: Trip was great, fishing for bass was great, caught then on crankbaits. Trout were a little tough but when you get one it was worth it! Cabin was very nice, boats ran great and weather was warm, overall a great trip!
Lake: Wright
Dates: 8/8-8/13/03
Group Name: Mihm
Guest Comments: Good fishing on Kaminiskag for walleyes up to 28 inches. Good northern fishing on Wright up to 38 inches. Caught 2 38 inch pike in front of cabin before the plane arrived on our departure day. Well run camp! Good pilot. Good time. We'll be back.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 8/9-8/13/03
Group Name: Berland
Guest Comments: Lots of walleyes 18-24 inch and a 15 pound northern. Service excellent, weather really hot!!! 3rd trip to Fawcett, will come back again.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 8/2-8/10/03
Group Name: Ware
Guest Comments: We had a great time at Austin. Fishing was very consistant for both walleye & northern. The weather was mostly hot & sunny, but the heat had little effect on the fishing. Walleyes up to 25" were no surprise, while the biggest northern measured 33". The portage lake is highly recommended.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 8/2-8/9/03
Group Name: Meier
Guest Comments: Great fishing approx. 75 walleye over 3 pounds up to 9 pound range. Excellent fishing-clean cabin, good motors.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 8/3-8/9/03
Group Name: Szafranski
Guest Comments: The fishing was excellent, except during some hot weather with no wind. Numerous 20+ inch walleye. Cabin was nice & spacious. We had a great time. We ran out of bait after the 4th day & caught just as many fish with rubber worms. It was crazy!
Lake: Grant
Dates: 8/4-8/9/03
Group Name: Reed
Guest Comments: Smallmouth fishing was great! Lots of 3+ pound bass with a few 4 & one pushing 5 pounds. Also caught a lake trout for the 1st time, 31 inches. All in all it was a great trip.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 8/4-8/9/03
Group Name: Dan
Guest Comments: Bass fishing solid, northerns limited.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 8/4-8/7/03
Group Name: Williams
Guest Comments: Great weather, good fish. Few big northerns over 36 inches & 2 over 40 inches. Had 2 real good days of fishing. Great flight & real good cabin and boats. Had a great time.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 8/1-8/8/03
Group Name: Dave & Ann Hilgendorf
Guest Comments: For a acouple that hasnt fished in 25 years caught small mouth bass to the limit everyday. Ann got a 27 inch northern up 1 foot away from the boat. Saw loons, martin, plenty of bald eagles, golden eagle, beavers, & 2 bears, fresh blueberrys and fresh clams, and moose sign everywhere.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 8/3-8/7/03
Group Name: Endres
Guest Comments: Everyone had a great time. Caught fish, biggest walleye 23 inch, cabin & equip. was great. Lots of structure fishing. 1 doz minnows caught 60 fish. Leeches & jigs were best.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 8/1-8/4/03
Group Name: Magnuson
Guest Comments: Fishing was fair to good. 1st 2 days it rained, fish were asleep. Had to work for them. Last 1 1/2 days the weather broke, fish woke up. We caught more than 100 walleyes the last afternoon alone, also nice sized fish. 2 to 4 pound walleyes, fought like hell!! Nice trip!!
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 7/27-8/3/03
Group Name: Ryan
Guest Comments: This is our 4th fly in with L & M. Service is very good & organized. Friendly & helpful. L & M answered all our questions & have the right personality for this type of work. You can tell this is more than just a job for them. Lodging is fine, cabins are clean. Boats & motors are great. Fishing was terrific. Walleyes up to 26", many over 19". Good age classes of walleye evident. A wonderful get away experience.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 7/31-8/3/03
Group Name: Wilson
Guest Comments: Excellent fishing, depth 16 to 25 feet deep. Cabin and furnishings were complete.
Lake: Meggisi
Dates: 7/26-8/3/03
Group Name: Lambert
Guest Comments: Cabin boats & motors-excellent. We saw plenty of fish but difficult to get the muskie to hit. "Nature of the beast"
Lake: Grant
Dates: 7/19-7/26/03
Group Name: Lambert
Guest Comments: Beautiful weather contributed to unlimited small mouth bass, many northerns (some large ones), and afew muskie including one big one. Another great trip with L & M.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 7/19-8/2/03
Group Name: Fleener
Guest Comments: Good facilities, nice lake, good fishing. We enjoyed the full 2 weeks. L & M well organized, good pilots, fun time.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 7/26-8/2/03
Group Name: Richardson
Guest Comments: Great trip! Fishing was outstanding. We caught many 18-22 inch walleyes & northerns up to 34" class. Accomodations, staff, boats were as advertised. We saw many loons, eagles, & a woodland caribou. We will return soon!
Lake: Wright
Dates: 7/25-8/1/03
Group Name: Lambert
Guest Comments: Cabin was well equiped & working. Caught plenty of nice walleyes. Largest fish was 9 lb northern with afew 6+ pounders. Caught several smaller northerns 2-3 pound range. Had a good time. Rained ,ost of the last 3 days. Larry & Mary/Family Adams & staff very friendly & honest, great to deal with on our fishing trips. Thanks...Keith Lambert
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 7/28-8/1/03
Group Name: Weimer
Guest Comments: Excellent fishing, 800+ fish count. Caught 8 lake trout trolling, biggest was 28 inch. Many Northerns largest being 38 inch caught trolling on red & white deep diver. Excellent small mouth bass caught on leeches & spinners, good top water action. Largest bass was 18.5 inches with a 14 inch girth.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 7/26-7/29/03
Group Name: Skiba
Guest Comments: Caught some nice bass in deeper water, smaller ones off the bank. Caught some nice lake trout too. The kids had a good time swimming with the nice weather.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 7/24-7/27/03
Group Name: Longnecker
Guest Comments: Mostly small northerns in scattered weed beds. Caught 2 northerns 35 inches about 100 yards off the dock. Readily caught 18 inch walleyes trolling with live bait.
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 7/19-7/26/03
Group Name: Bill
Guest Comments: Had a good trip. Weather was dry & acouple hot days. Caught 5 muskie bit nothing much big. Landed acouple pike in the 15 pound range. On a hole the fishing was slower this past week.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 7/20-7/25/03
Group Name: Beckwith
Guest Comments: Weather was good, fishing was good, the trip was great.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 7/18-7/24/03
Group Name: Newlin
Guest Comments: Some of the best fishing ever, nice cabin, clean waters. Bass everyday, large northern, and lake trout. One of the best trips up here. We were spoiled. L & M Fantastic!!!
Lake: Wright
Dates: 7/19-7/24/03
Group Name: Smith
Guest Comments: Excellent fishing, great northerns that always keep biting. Fantastic lodging, best northern 38 inch, best walleye 23.5 inch. Boats ran great. Awesome aircraft & pilots, would come back in a heartbeat!
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 7/20-7/26
Group Name: Luebke
Guest Comments: Cabin was fantastic and location on the lake is perfect. The stay at Off lake cabins night before is very nice. Fishing was fair with walleyes running 16-20 inches. Northerns few but largest was 12 pounds. Great father son trip.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 7/18-7/22/03
Group Name: Bush
Guest Comments: A great time was had by all! The fishing was great and the weather was nice too. We caught all the walleye and northern we wanted too. 24.5 inch walleye amd 36 inch northern were the contest winners. Many walleye 20+ inches, several group members caught 100+ fish a day with 400+ total fish count by each. Great structure for walleye and many nice bays/shallows for the northerns. Great cabins, scenery, and service. Look forward to a return trip to Shabumeni Lake.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 7/17-7/21/03
Group Name: Wagner
Guest Comments: Best walleye around the big point at the north end, best northerns in the far northest finger. Saw a black timber wolf one morning in the front yard.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 7/13-7/20/03
Group Name: Hamersley
Guest Comments: The accomodations are 1st class, clean & well maintained. Couldnt find a section of the lake that didnt hold fish. Caught acouple 21 inch walleye. Several 26-28 inch pike, and 1 33 incher.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 7/12-7/19/03
Group Name: Lentz/Schmitt
Guest Comments: Great trip. Cabin A-1. Excellent cabin. best boats in 16 years of fly-ins. Great fishing. Low water levels did not hurt the fishing. Caught 2 northerns over 40 inches. A bunch between 30 & 40 inches. Plenty of walleye. Great weather. Very perfessionally run operation. "Great"
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 7/16-7/18/03
Group Name: Enders
Guest Comments: Had a great time. Weather excellent. Caught numerous walleye & northern. Ate many walleye dinners. Facilities were very good.
Lake: Meggesi
Dates: 7/12-7/19/03
Group Name: Mamer
Guest Comments: Northern excellent, many 2-4 pounds, 1 20 pounder, numerous 5-6 lbs. Muskie was slow, caught 2, seen many, caught trout too. Had one big muskie attack the aqua view underwater camera.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 7/11-7/16/03
Group Name: Hoey
Guest Comments: Great fishing everyday. Excellent plane/pilots & cabin facilities. Walleye abundant. Many from 17-24 inches with northerns up to 28 inches. Lots of smaller 15-17 inchers to keep the action going. Best Canadian fly-in ever!
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 7/11-7/16/03
Group Name: Miller
Guest Comments: Had a really great time. Well worth the trip of 980 miles one way. Very good pilots & well kept aircraft.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 7/7-7/13/03
Group Name: Herold
Guest Comments: The location of the cabin is great, cabin size great. Walleyes everywhere!
Lake: Wright
Dates: 7/5-7/12/03
Group Name: Shoemaker
Guest Comments: Fishing outstanding. Walleyes too numerous to count. Many northerns also up to 45 inches. Cabin excellent, beautiful weather, few bugs.
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 7/7-7/12/03
Group Name: Witham
Guest Comments: Had a good time, caught a few muskie, had more on which were lost including some good sized muskie. Saw 3 bull moose and a deer.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 7/6-7/11/03
Group Name: Herbert
Guest Comments: Had a good time, plenty of walleye, also caught a 40" pike
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 7/7-7/11/03
Group Name: Hora
Guest Comments: Lots of smaller walleye in the 18"-22" range. Very nice cabin, pretty lake
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 7/2-7/7/03
Group Name: Sande
Guest Comments: The cabin was very spacious and well located to get the boats out of the wind. The view off the wrap around deck was undescribable. Fishing was great with 14-25 inch walleye hitting curly tails in 12 feet of water on the wind ward side of islands and points always produced walleyes. The lake is plenty big enough but you couldnt get lost. Wildlife was great.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 7/2-7/6/03
Group Name: Nelson
Guest Comments: We caught alot of fish. Walleye in the 19-20" range with one being 25". Fishing was better for the walleye when the water was choppy and it was cloudy. Pike fishing was great, but no really big ones. We did hook one large pike but didnt land it. A great time, good cabin, good food pack.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 6/28-7/5/03
Group Name: Ken & Linda Z
Guest Comments: Nice size fish! Really nice cottages! May fly hatch, but still caught fish!
Lake: Wright
Dates: 6/28-7/4/03
Group Name: Great "Bull" Expedition
Guest Comments: Pike in the shallow waters, 2-6 feet deep on spinner baits (Buzz baits, rattletraps, & Mepps cyclones) Walleye!!! on green jigs and everything we caught pike on but in deeper water around structure & drop offs. App. caught 100 fish per day would be conservative counts. "Little Gar out fished us all"
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 6/29-7/4/03
Group Name: Rose
Guest Comments: Had a very nice time. We saw the biggest fresh water fish we've even seen come up follow our lure on this trip.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 6/27-7/4/03
Group Name: Rawlinson
Guest Comments: Great fishing, poor topwater fishing, needed diving & suspending rapalas for good success. Fishing on leeches was awesome. 75 small mouth bass over 14" many pike over 29". Good equipment, great service, good trip. 800-850 total fish count. Had acouple very tasty evening fish dinners also.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 6/27-7/4/03
Group Name: Franzen
Guest Comments: Great trip...Cabin perfect. Fishing great for the first 3 days. Saw a bear one day and a bull moose the next. Boated a 40" pike and a 24" walleye, and several 16" small mouth bass. Also caught lots of small northern and bass.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 6/29-7/3/03
Group Name: Kawaguchi
Guest Comments: We caught lots of walleyes, mostly 12-19" class. Ate fish everyday, caught several pike, and had a huge one try to take a walleye from the side of the boat.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 6/28-7/3/03
Group Name: Hensley
Guest Comments: Several big northern and lots of small walleyes (lots of eating size with large ones)
Lake: Grant
Dates: 6/28-7/3/03
Group Name: Whitehead
Guest Comments: We had very warm days. Big pike and muskie must have been down deep. Biggest pike 7 pounds. Lots of 2-4 pound pike. Caught a large 26 inch lake trout. We had good small mouth bass fishing on leeches on jigs. 4 over 3 pounds and one 17 1/2 incher. Beautiful lake, saw otter, moose, beaver, big turtles, eagles, etc... Very nice cabin and functional!
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 6/28-7/2/03
Group Name: Wood
Guest Comments: We found the walleye fishing very good but the pike fishing was excellent in the weedbeds. The size of the pike was the best ever. Walleye were mostly 18" plus. Had a tough time to catch small enough walleyes for our fish fries.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 6/27-7/2/03
Group Name: Henderson
Guest Comments: Walleye fishing was good on jigs & minnow and on the fly rod. Pike fishing was also good, lots of smaller pike with acouple around 10 pounds landed on the the fly.
Lake: Meggesi
Dates: 6/24-6/29/03
Group Name: Hovis
Guest Comments: It was muskie Bob's last trip to Meggesi ending a span of 31 years to Meggesi. He was rewarded with his largest muskie catch of 50 inch silver muskie. Life is good... Another 37 incher would be had along with enough memories to fill a scrap book. Four better fishing buddies could not be found... I cannt believe the trip is over so quickly. I am going to miss coming here with Muskie Bob. Too many northerns to count. I will always hold Meggesi in my memories & crew of friends (Muskie Mike, Cookie Hovis, & Backwood Bob) in a good place.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 6/22-6/29/03
Group Name: Garner
Guest Comments: We had a great time! Caught many pike & walleye, mostly on minnow baits & in-line spinners. Good top water action earily & late in the days. For 2 south Georgia bass fisherman we did pretty good! We had a dinner guest drop in Sat. night (Bear), that was cool. Thanks again for your hospitality! Hope to return soon.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 6/24-6/29/03
Group Name: Larson
Guest Comments: An epic trip on a beautiful lake. Solid fishing for bass & northern through out the poor weather. A great time.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 6/25-6/29/03
Group Name: Scearce
Guest Comments: Northern plentyful before the weather fronts moved in (rained daily). Lots of fish caught daily, had a great time.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 6/23-6/28/03
Group Name: Davis
Guest Comments: Ammenities A+, Slower fishing week. Rainy & windy weather. caught up to 22" walleyes, caught up to 34" northerns.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 6/24-6/28/03
Group Name: Van Beckum
Guest Comments: Lots of smaller northern caught on spoons/spinners. Lots of smaller walleye caught on jigs tipped w/ a minnow. 40 degrees on June 26, had a visitor drop in (fire crew), put out forest fire #58, bear tracks by the falls, had fish fry everyday, feed pet northerns & squirel, fished in blizzard.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 6/23-6/28/03
Group Name: Westergard
Guest Comments: Lots of fish
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 6/20-6/27/03
Group Name: Abruscato
Guest Comments: Fishing was fantastic. Small mouth bass were hitting on surface baits in the evenings. 1-14 pound pike caught in each portage lake. Nice walleyes caught also. The food pack was great, lasted us through the week, even though we ate like pigs!
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 6/21-6/27/03
Group Name: Savoe/Hocum
Guest Comments: Walleye fishing was great. Avg. size was great. One of the best trips in my 35 years. Great accomodations, cabin, boats, pilots, and everybody at L & M.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 6/20-6/25/03
Group Name: Sears
Guest Comments: Great 5 days for the 2 of us. Caught numberous 30-34" pike in Dogfly, 1-37". Lots of 16" bass on topwater esp. earily & late in the day or cloudy days. caught 10 17-18" bass, lots of 2 lbs bass, 3 lake trout & quaility pike in Bretz for a change in pace. Complimented by the Adams'-the best outfitter in the buissness!!!
Lake: Meggessi
Dates: 6/20-6/24/03
Group Name: Packers/Vikings (Silvius)
Guest Comments: Was a great 4 days, saw several big muskie. Caught and released 2. Cabin & the service was great. Saw more muskies in 4 days than most of us has seen our whole. 25"-30" pike just thick around the lake. Also highly recommend Off Lake cabins to stay the night before the fly out.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 6/21-6/24/03
Group Name: Norgaard
Guest Comments: Lots of walleye & northerns, nice scenery. Excellent cabin & boat w/ motors. Saw black bear swimming in the lake.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 6/18-6/23/03
Group Name: Roberts (Don)
Guest Comments: The weather was warm (80 degrees) but windy everyday. Each day of fishing got better as we found where the walleyes gathered & what they were feeding on. Most were in water 5-10 feet deep off rocky bottoms. Lake has many underwater rock areas that are dangerous for boats, but great for fishing. Many walleye in the 18-21" size. Caught on mostly 1/8 oz jigs (pink & white grub tails worked best) The pike are everywhere. Avg. pike 24-30". The camp accomidations rival the local Holiday Inn. Everyone had a great time.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 6/16-6/23/03
Group Name: Roberts (Gene)
Guest Comments: Fishing good walleye up to 23" & northern up to 38". Couldnt get up or down the river due to low water levels, also had 4 days of wind. Overall good week.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 6/17-6/22/03
Group Name: Bitsko
Guest Comments: 8 people, 4 boats. Avg. 50-60 fish per baot per day. Targeted pike mostly. 10 pike over 30", with 41" being largest. Most walleye were mostly small. About dozen or so over 22" and most ran 20-21" range.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 6/18-6/22/03
Group Name: Anderson
Guest Comments: Love it up here, the weather was great. No problem finding the fish. Cabin was neat & comfortible. Good cooking facilities, almost like being at home.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 6/14-6/21/03
Group Name: Troup
Guest Comments: Cabin was great as usual. Bugs were almost not here which was a big bonus. Fishing was fantastic! Walleye fishing was 100 fish/day. Largest 23 1/2" Caught mostly on jig (yellow & green) with minnow or leech. Northern fishing was good. Numbers were good, size was avg. Caught 10 over 30", with largest 38". Silver & gold spoons. Great trip!! We'll be back again next year.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 6/14-6/20/03
Group Name: Reach
Guest Comments: Good fishing, good service. One word sums up our trip, "SWELL"
Lake: Meggesi
Dates: 6/6-6/20/03
Group Name: Bill
Guest Comments: 1st week good fishing, 18 muskie and caught a 45". 2nd week with the small grand kids, another 45" muskie. did alot of northern fishing for the kids and some good ones, biggest pike was 40"
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 6/16-6/20/03
Group Name: Zwiegel
Guest Comments: 9.9 Motors excellent, cabin excellent. Lots of walleyes and northerns. largest walleye 4 1/2 pound, several 2 1/2-3 1/2 pounders, many 1 1/2-2 pound walleye. 1 bull moose, lots of eagles. best facilities in our 18 year patronage.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 6/14-6/18/03
Group Name: DeHarts
Guest Comments: Our party was catching 150-200 fish per day. best fishing mornings & evenings. caught several walleye 20+", the big pike avoided us though. Great trip!!! Viewed the northern lights around midnight. an awesome display.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 6/13-6/17/03
Group Name: Morgan
Guest Comments: Great weather, saw northern lights. Lots of bass in the 15-16" range. 1-40" pike. some 30+" pike, lots of pike in the 27-30" class. 1 trout. Great time
Lake: Austin
Dates: 6/13-6/18/03
Group Name: Gepner
Guest Comments: Good trip
Lake: Grant
Dates: 6/10-6/17/03
Group Name: Berryman
Guest Comments: Smallmouth on the beds. Good quality. Caught pike and did catch a 12" muskie
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 6/12-6/17/03
Group Name: Holmstrom
Guest Comments: The fishing was great. We were well pleased with the accomadations.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 6/13-6/16/03
Group Name: Hildre
Guest Comments: Fishing EXCELLENT. Minnows on jigs. Fished the windward side of points. 12-15 feet deep. Evening fished bays vertical jigging in 6-12 feet deep. ALOT of walleye in the 15"-22" class all day long. Fish the wind!
Lake: Wright
Dates: 6/11-6/16/03
Group Name: Cedar
Guest Comments: Excellent fishing for both walleye & northerns (numbers & size) walleye avg 2-4 pounds, northerns avg. 25"-35" Fish at all locations through out the lake. Facilities all good.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 6/7-6/14/03
Group Name: Schumaker
Guest Comments: Nice facilities and well equiped. Great lake. The falls were a shore lunch heaven. We enjoyed the trip & would return to Shab again.
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 6/7-6/14/03
Group Name: Bill
Guest Comments: Ray caught 7 muskie, Dustin caught 1 muskie, Brent caught 5 muskie one being 41", kent caught 5 muskie biggest 45" & 43"
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 6/9-6/14/03
Group Name: Ibsen
Guest Comments: Enjoyed our fishing expierence, nice cabin. largest northern 36", largest walleye 24". We enjoyed the trip overall
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 6/7-6/14/03
Group Name: Lord
Guest Comments: Great trip. Good fishing....good cabin. Everything went smoothly doing paperwork, payment, etc...
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 6/8-6/13/03
Group Name: Burris
Guest Comments: Weather, accomodations, & fishing were great. The walleye & northern were biting all over the lake.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 6/6-6/13/03
Group Name: Wyant
Guest Comments: Great fishing-Lots of fun! Portage to the north of Austin was worth the effort. Size of fish noticably larger. Nice cabin, good crew & staff
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 6/6-6/13/03
Group Name: Bristow
Guest Comments: Bass on beds, caught lots of big bass. Excellent trip
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 6/8-6/12/03
Group Name: Minkie
Guest Comments: Lots of walleye, best fishing at the north end and at river mouths. Mostly 20" walleyes. Caught nice big northerns. Cabin was nice & clean, plenty of hot water
Lake: Wright
Dates: 6/7-6/11/03
Group Name: Burget
Guest Comments: Fishing was outstanding esp. infront of the Kaminishag Rivers opening into the lake was the hottest spot. We (7 people) were able to catch over 150 fish per hour at peak times. The lake was low so we had less hot spots but didnt need any because the hot spots we had was so consistant.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 6/6-6/10/03
Group Name: Ter Horst
Guest Comments: Great Pike fishing trolling, 5-8 pound pike, lake trout in 35-45 feet of water
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 6/4-6/9/03
Group Name: Skoda
Guest Comments: camp was great, nice cabin and facilities. Walleye fishing was great. Northerns fishing was ok. 2 pike over 36 inch and one walleye 26 inch. Boats and motors all worked very nice.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 6/5-6/8/03
Group Name: Van Nevel
Guest Comments: Very steady fishing in the rivers, both walleye and northerns. Fish also around islands and such. Caught some walleyes in the 22"-24" class. Caught one large northern (43 inch) in shallow water in the river
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 6/3-6/8/03
Group Name: Erwin
Guest Comments: Great fishing and great trip overall
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 6/2-6/7/03
Group Name: Kearns
Guest Comments: Biggest walleye 27 inch, biggest northern 36 inch. Walleye good on jigs (white or chartreuse tipped with minnows) Best spots in the river to the SW and right around the corner from the cabin. Over 500 walleyes in 4 days. Slept like bears, ate like pigs, drank like fish....excellent trip
Lake: Wright
Dates: 5/31-6/7/03
Group Name: Rhudy
Guest Comments: Total fish count for 4 people 7 days- 2,564 fish
Lake: Austin
Dates: 6/1-6/6/03
Group Name: Schaadt
Guest Comments: Excellent walleye fishing esp. in the evenings. Slower on the hot, sunny, calm afternoons. Cought several pike and walleye right off the dock. Minnows (dead or alive) were essential. Almost all pike caught while fishing for walleye. Had huge pike on that took a walleye that we had hooked.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 6/2-6/6/03
Group Name: Stehlik
Guest Comments: The small mouth bass were on the beds. Best spots were in the 2-4 feet of water around gravel rocks close to shore. Surface poppers and small floating crankbaits worked best. Sight fishing for 15-16 inch bass, the action got explosive when the water temp hit 68 degrees. The 2 of us avg. 50 plus bass and 15 plus northerns a day, also fished Napanee.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 6/2-6/6/03
Group Name: McCarty
Guest Comments: Great small mouth bass that were on the nests. Northerns OK, caught a 5 pound lake trout, lots of bass in the 2-3 pound range
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 5/31-6/5/03
Group Name: The 3 generations of Troupis Family
Guest Comments: Fishing was spectacular, walleyes in shallow water. 17-24 inch walleye caught on minnows, jigs, meps. 24-36 inch pike on spoons and surface lures. 5 days of hot and sunny weather. Seagulls nesting on rocks, eagles, grouse, and loons. We had a great time.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 5/31-6/5/03
Group Name: Fresk
Guest Comments: Hundreds of small mouth in Fishtrap caught, pike in the lake behind camp and in Fishtrap. Walleyes are in the portage lakes. Highrock lake has walleye, pike, and small mouth.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 5/31-6/4/03
Group Name: Tiffany
Guest Comments: Great fishing. Walleye in the river and the reefs, also around most points. Northerns mixed with the walleyes
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 5/30-6/3/03
Group Name: McCarty
Guest Comments: Walleye were basically in the river at the SW end. Good numbers taken on leeches and plastic grubs. Northerns in both the river and the main lake were caught on the same baits as well as surface baits
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 5/29-6/3/03
Group Name: Deckard
Guest Comments: Wonderful lake & great fishing esp. the walleye fishing. Had 2 kids with us that out fished the adults. Had a great time. Best fishing trip yet? The 9.9 Yamaha engines were a great improvement over the 8 hp. Excellent cabin.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 5/28-6/1/03
Group Name: Buddenhagen
Guest Comments: Excellent!!! Walleye found easily on the lake. Many walleye in the 20"+ range, one 26". caught a 38" pike. Good trip as always and will be back next year. Thanks!
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 5/24-5/31/03
Group Name: Brooks
Guest Comments: Excellent Fishing all week. Sevaral spots sure catch for walleye supper everytime. 38 inch to 45 inch northerns, walleye 16-27 inches. Hot showers, clean, plenty of room. Thank You L & M Fly-Ins. We will be back, The Brooks Party
Lake: Wright
Dates: 5/24-5/31/03
Group Name: Mierzwa
Guest Comments: Grerat fishing-Excellent action on both northerns and walleyes. Guarantee of at least two trophy northerns a day during our trip. Ive fished northern Wisconsin all my life and never have seen northern and walleye this big. Not much else to say except outstanding fishing. Also great accomadations, excellent service.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 5/25-5/31/03
Group Name: Meier
Guest Comments: Excellent fishing and good weather. Everything at cabin was exellent also. Boats and motors were new and ran good. Very happy overall!
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 5/26-5/31/03
Group Name: Patrongio
Guest Comments: Good Small mouth fishing, Lots of fun
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 5/22-5/30/03
Group Name: Scott
Guest Comments: If you thought Minnesota walleye fishing was good, go to Otatakan. A bad day at Otatakan still beats the best day in Minnesota. The hospitality and accomadations are what really keeps us coming back year after year.
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 5/25-5/30/03
Group Name: Bill
Guest Comments: Good trip. Boated 14 muskie, 2 - 42 in & 44 in, also caught a 40 in pike.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 5/21-5/28/03
Group Name: Gottlieb
Guest Comments: Fishing was great. Bass were on the beds and the pike were very aggressive. Caught a pike that attacked a bass that we had caught. Great weather too.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 5/21-5/28/03
Group Name: Kaepplinger
Guest Comments: Bass moving up on beds, both north and south shores. Most pike in 4-9 pound range. Bass avg. 1 - 2 1/2 pounds and some 4 pounders. Bass not on open reefs yet.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 5/23-5/27/03
Group Name: Jack
Guest Comments: Fishing was excellent, lots of walleye. Cabin in very good condition
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 5/21-5/25/03
Group Name: Shuey
Guest Comments: Perfect nice weather, good fishing. caught both walleyes and northerns
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 5/18-5/24/03
Group Name: Skiba
Guest Comments: I have been fishing Dobie for 3 years and never caught as many walleyes as this year. In a period of 1 hour we would catch up to 50 walleyes or more. Our whole week was like that with the largest walleye being 27 inch and the northern 38 1/2 inch. Accomodations as always were excellent.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 5/16(noon)-5/22/03
Group Name: Turner
Guest Comments: Great fishing, Best we've seen in 10 years. Lots of walleyes in the main lake area. Cold, but rained only 1 day. Great service
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 5/17-5/21/03
Group Name: Van Sloun
Guest Comments: Fishing- "WOW" walleye 24 inch biggest, northern 35 1/2 inch biggest, lake trout 24inch largest. also caught whitefish and a sucker. minnows/crawlers and plastic all worked well with bright color jigs, floating rapalas. caught over 1000+ fish for the 4 of us 4 days, awesome accomadations. also walked down the rapids and fished too, good all over.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 5/16-5/21/03
Group Name: Schinbeckler
Guest Comments: Good weather, large pike and good numbers, several small mouth bass with good size, few walleye, good camp
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 5/20 daytrip
Group Name: Keith
Guest Comments: Lots of fish esp. in the rivers
Lake: Meggisi
Dates: 5/13-5/20/03
Group Name: Bill
Guest Comments: Any muskie and some northern and lake trout
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 5/17-5/19/03
Group Name: CMI
Guest Comments: Fishing Fantastic, weather wet but productive to good fishing. Found friendly groundhog behind cabin, camp pet. Cannt wait to return
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 5/18-5/20
Group Name: Cosentino
Guest Comments: Caught 634 fish, great lake, always fun. 2 ppl for a week
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 5/13-5/18/03
Group Name: Weiss
Guest Comments: Weather beautiful, 65-70 everyday and not very windy. Walleye fishing was good every day with avg size 2-4 pounds. Northerns fishing was excellent in the mornings and evenings. Largest pike around 42 inch. We had alot of fun with the big pike and constant walleye action.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 5/10-5/17
Group Name: Malling
Guest Comments: Fish system fishing
Lake: Meggisi
Dates: 5/8-5/13/03
Group Name: Pierson
Guest Comments: Ounce again an excellent year, 17th year going to Meggisi. 50 Lake trout (trout avg. size 5-7 pounds, northerns 13+ pounds. Slower year due to the weather (high wind). However still had a blast. Great accomindations, warm friendly service, professional flying. Thanks again for keeping our annual tradition running.
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